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By Betty Pleasant
Sentinel Contributing Writer

On the cusp of a new millennium,
black people--thousands of men,
women and children of Africa--are
victims of a crime from centuries
of yore; slavery. Today, on this
planet, black people are being
hunted down, captured and ab-
ducted from their villages like
Kunta Kinte, shackled and driven
to market like cattle, bought and
sold like pieces of machinery and
bred like pedigreed pets. They are
examined on the auction block for
their value as workers and concu-
bines, branded with the identifying
marks of their masters, who use
their bodies for endless toil and
wanton pleasure, and maimed if
they try to steal away.

Today, on this planet, the
Ante-bellum South lives. It lives
not south of the Mason-Dixon
Line, this time, but just north of
the Equator, in the Republic of

The Sudan, the largest country in
Africa. The Sudan measures 966,
757 square miles, which repre-
sents more than eight per cent of
the African continent and almost
two percent of the worlds entire
land area.

Since ancient times, the Sudan
has been an arena for interaction
between the cultural traditions of
Africa , and those of the
Mediterranean world. In recent
centuries, Islam and the Arabic
language have achieved ascen-
dancy in many northern parts of
the country, while older African
languages and cultures predomi-
nate in the south.The name
oSudan ? derives from the Arabic
expression bilad as Sudan, by
which medieval Arab geographers
referred to the settled African
countries that began at the
Southern edge of the Sahara
desert.

A major cleavage exists between
the northern and southern parts of
the Sudan. The north is dominated
by Muslims, most of whom speak
Arabic and identify themselves
as oArabs, ? while people of the
south are oAfricans ? (i.e. blacks)
who, for the most part, follow
traditional African religions, al-
though about 10 percent of them
are Christians.

The vast majority of non-
Muslism Sudanese live south of
latitude 12 (N, in the three
southern states of Bahr Al-Ghazal,
the Upper Nile and Equatoria,
Chief among the African peoples
of the Sudan are the Dinka, an

exceedingly tall and proud pastoral -

people who are mostly cattle
herders on the eastern plains of the
White River; the Shilluk, who are
the most settled farmers on the
west bank of that river; the Nuer,
who live farther south, the Bari,
who live even farther south, closer
to the border with Uganda and the
Azande, who are a group of people
scattered between the Sudan and

natin the Milenio, Blak

Zaire. One of the most important
black peoples in the country are
the Nuba, who live in the Nuba
Mountains and are hill cultivators
who tend to be isolated from
adjacent peoples in the Nile
Valley.

HOLY WAR AGAINST
BLACKS

Today, the oland of the blacks ? is
the land of the black slaves, where
the Arab and Islamic northern
Sudanese are slaughtering and
enslaving thousands of black
Christian and animist (native)
southern Sudanese. Why?
Because the Islamic fundamental-
ist government in the north has
embarked upon a holy war to unify
the country by imposing the
Muslim religion and Arabic cul-
ture upon the southern blacks--in
the words of that famous black
American Muslim, Malcolm X--
by any means necessary.

This bloody, dehumanizing holy
war, or jihad, as they call it, has
been going on for 18 years to the
deafening silence of the rest of the
world. The Sudan is a country
virtually closed to foreigners and
the government has restricted ac-
cess of those who have tried to
document allegations of slavery
and slaughter. But despite the
government, word of this modern-
day atrocity is trickling out of the
African nation and groups of 20th
century abolitionist are risking
their lives to gather facts and tell
the story, to operate underground
railroads and help run- away
slaves get to freedom and as a last
resort buy slaves, themselves and
return them to their families.

The Sudanese Government says
there is no slavery in that country
and that the very notion of slavery
is contrary to the religious tenets
of the Islamic faith the government
espouses.

Minister Louis Farrakhan of the
Nation of Islam opened an NBC
"Dateline" television program, en-
titled "Spotlight on Slavery",
which aired Dec. 12 1996, ex-
pressing doubts about the exis-
tence of black slavery in
Sudan.According to the transcript
of that program Farrakan stated:
"If slavery exists, why don't you
go as a member of the press and
you look inside of Sudan. And if
you find it, then you come back
and tell the American people what
you have found.

"Dateline" spent the next hour
doing just that. Traveling with
Baroness, Caroline Cox, deputy

speaker of the British House of

Lords and president of Christian
Solidarity International,
"Dateline" reporter Sara James
presented a vivid picture of slavery
in Sudan through on camera
interviews of survivors of slave
raiders whose family members
were abducted, and escaped and
rescued slaves. The program also

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featured an interview with a slave
trader named Chain, who told the
viewing audience that the price of
one slave varies, "depending on
the owner, but usually two or
three cows a person." ( or the
equivalent of $300.00 US )
James interviewed an unidentified
captured Arab militia officer who
admitted that black children are
taken against their will and forced
to work by their captors.
James : "Those children chil-
dren became slaves 2?"
Militia officer "Yes. Some are
put to work with cattle, others in
homes. It is happening."

1.9 Million Blacks Have Died

The US. Department of State
estimated in 1993 that 90,000
blacks lived as the property of
North African Arabs (known as
Beydanes or white Moors). Other
sources estimate that total to be
100,000 today, to which they add

300,000 part-time and ex-slaves,
known as heratins, many of whom
continue to serve their owners out
of fear or need. More than 1.9
million Africans have died as a
result of the NIF governments
genocidal war policy, according to
a report published by the United
Nations Committee for Refugees.
UN Special Rapporteur, Dr.
Garpar Biro issued a report that
stated : "It should be stated that
all these (slavery) practices have a
pronouced racial aspect, as the
victims are exclusively southern
and persons belonging to_ the
indigenous tribes of the Nuba
Mountains and the Ingassema
Hills (black Muslims), the racial
aspect of the violations can not be
disregarded."

According to the reports some
issued as recently as Oct. 29, by
Dr. Biro, Dr. Leonardo Franco,
also of the United Nations and
other human rights organizations,
this is a pattern of dehumanization
being inflicted upon the black
people in the Sudan.:

The raiders swoop down upon
black African villages, yelling
Allah is great!" Allah is great!"
and set about committing gratui-
tous violence upon the people. the
elderly and women unfit for heavy
labor are beaten and robed of their
possessions. Mature, virile men
are routinely shot on the spot, as
youthful, more malleable males
are taken to be trained as useful
and harmless slaves. Children as
young as five and young women
are almost always captured into
slavery.

The women slaves are made to
carry on heads and backs the
booty of their captors that which
cannot be carried is burned leaving
the remaining villagers completely
destitute.

Some slave are taken to the north
by their captors for their own
personal use for house or farm
labor, for sex. and for breeding.

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WOOW and the "M"

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New Council Women Arielle Morris and Rose Glover along with Mayor Pro-Tem Mildred Council and City

Councilman at large Chuck Autry. All were in attendance at the swearing in ceremony at City Hall.
Greenville Ts new voices for the millennium are very vocal and dynamic women and men. We look forward

to many changes in the near future.

evil T iy Chueleets New Mayor Pro-Tem

Photo By Steve Johnson

Congratulations Mayor Pro-Tem, Mildred Council pictured

shortly after being elected Mayor Pro-Tem of

Greenville. Hats to all our Strong Black Women paving the way for a new generation. The management and
staff of the "M" Voice wish sister Mildred much success in the New Year.

By Faith May

Mildred Council an active regis-
tered democrat for twenty plus
years is the first African-American
female to be voted as a Greenville
City council member, 1987. Now
in 1999, she has again made
history as the Ist African
American female to be voted
Mavor Pro-Tem, of Greenville.

Ms Council promises that she

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Holiday Greetings, from our sister who will draw Kwanza on your window or wall or a Christmas Santa Claus who look just like you! Our
sister is a super artist she can draw anybody or anything.

Photo by Jim Rouse

will be a strong voice for the
people in the new millennium.
She supports affordable housing,
business development and growth,
job opportunities with benefits and
safe neighborhoods.

Ms Council has a three-step Flood
recovery plan that includes:
Finding and educating all affected
families and businesses about
FEMA, SBA, Insurance, etc.. .
She believes in assisting one
family and business at a time to

Photo By Steve Johnson

see what needs and desires have
not been met.

Ms Council states oGreenville
must be an aggressive city in order
to meet it Ts growth demands. ?
oWe must provide city services to
the residents, they deserve the
best ?. Tax payers invest their
monies to make sure that their
needs are met. ? oIt is part of my
job to make sure that their needs
are met."

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Historical

Photo Jonah Reese Owner of many businesses in the

community, he was a pioneer that led the way for other small business

owners to be successful.
Reese's sale slogans.

We fondly remember one of Mr. Jonah
oEVERYTHING MUST GO!", oWE ARE
SELLING OUT TO THE BARE WALLS! ?

Photo by Jim Rouse

All the world's major oclldbods wah compassion for the

kK poor and those who are vulnerable. It seems that many of our -

Ae modern-day politicians have forgotten the messages and have
decided instead to persecute those who can least fight back "and

~~ the rest of us are just sitting by and watching it happen. Look at

~ what is happening to the homeless and those who live in the worst

_ 1° public housing in two of the largest cities in our nation "New York
and Chicago.

i In New York, Mayor Guiliani, the Republican New York
Senate candidate whose new television commercial calls him
ocompassionate, ? has launched an attack on the homeless together
with the governor of the state. They have issued an edict which
states that oable-bodied homeless ? people must work in return for
their beds in city shelters. Parents who do not comply under these
rules could lose cusiody of their children and will find themselves
out on the streets in the dead of winter.

On the surface of things this new promulgation might not
look too bad to some. But a closer examination shows that the
number of homeless families with children has increased signifi:
cantly over the past decade and that families with children in
shelters are among the fastest growing segments of the homeless
population. Indeed, 40 percent of people who become homeless
today are families with children. So the victims of Mayor Guiliani Ts
new assault will be homeless children in New York City. Homeless
children whose families are already in crisis, homeless children
whose education is already interrupted, homeless children who
already are more apt to have asthma (a staggering 38 percent of
New York city homeless children have asthma "four times that of
other New York children) and middle ear infections (which they
already have at a rate 50 percent greater than the national average.
Homeless children who are likely to be five years old or younger
arid whose mothers are likely to be suffering from depressive
disorders (one-third of homeless mothers have made at least one
suicide attempt.)

Moreover, homeless adults in New York City, as elsewhere,
are people who lives are in disarray and profound crisis. Very. very
few human beings want to be homeless. Many have severe drug or
alcohol addiction problems. Many suffer from mental illnesses; 40
percent of the homeless men are veterans, some of whom suffer
from vestigial effects of war. About a quarter of the homeless
parents are homeless because of domestic violence "women who
escaped with their lives and their children. These are the people
whom the compassionate Mayor Guiliani has now targeted.

Then there is the attack on poor people living in public
housing in Chicago by Democratic Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Chicago has carried out a plan of closing many of its downtown
public housing projects, forcing many long-time tenants to move,
_ sometimes without providing them with alternative housing. If the
city were replacing these run-down buildings with new housing for
low-income residents it would be one thing, but these conve-
niently-located buildings are being replaced with middle income
housing which most of the current residents could not afford. For
instance, one plan calls for 1,000 families in the new unit to be at
a median income of $59,500 for a family of four, current residents
have a median income of $6,160.

To implement this new housing policy of providing housing
for middle income folks, the City of Chicago has increased evic-
tions in buildings it has targeted for redevelopment. From 1995-
1998, for instance, it evicted more than 1,000 families from 13

developments scheduled to be torn down and redeveloped and.

more than 300 families from 10 developments-that were not even
scheduled for revitalization.

The reality is that the availability of housing for low-income
people is shrinking across the nation at the same time that many
poor families have lost welfare income. The gap between the
number of affordable housing units and the number of people
needing them in what is currently the largest on record, an esti-
mated 4.4 million units.

And while many of the parents formerly on welfare are now
working, they often are in economic crisis because of lack of
transportation, affordable and safe child care and lack of health
benefits in their low-paying jobs. Meanwhile, subsidized housing,
like that in Chicago, is so limited that fewer than one in four
families now receiving temporary assistance from the government
lives in public housing or receives a housing voucher to help them
rent from a private landlord. The waiting time. for public housing
across the nation averages nearly three years and more than two
years for the voucher program.

To target the homeless and those living in low-income
public housing is unconscionable. It is politics at its worst. In this,
the wealthiest nation in the world, we can do better. In this, anation
which prides itself on its religious underpinnings, we must do
better. Or we will all deserve the kind of government that we vet.

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Underpround Railroad: Sites Seen, Not Heard "Still Bear Tracks to Freedom

Part THREE
The third column
of this series fo-
cuses on othe railroad ? itself, and how
its routes and stops were as invisible
as they were plain; but also how col-
laboration and ingenuity played key
roles in making it work. Traveling to
freedom on the underground railroad
was acomplex and harrowing experi-
ence that required faith, courage,
stamina and fortitude of all who par-
took of it; men, women and children
alike, It wasn Tt a trip forthe faint-
hearted, the owishy-washy ? (who
loved massa one minute and wanted
to leave him the next), the whiney or
the undisciplined (those who wanted
torun otheir own program ? as soon as
they cleared site of the plantation "

we had those kinda ni "as, even then).

Most of those who were caught,
killed or returned were those who
escaped outside the railroad (running
their program thinking they could do
something because they saw some-

one else do it). Those who stuck to the
program were most likely to find free-
dom. Theirs was only one love, one
goal, one program on this excursion,
and that was to be free. And freedom
was a contract to which there was no
turning back. You committed to mak-
ing it, or died trying.

If you were caught, you would
likely be killed unless the slave
catchers were given strict instruc-

tions to bring you back alive (which

was rare). And if you turned back
on your own, the conductors of the
URR were instructed to otake you
out. ? No one could afford a return-
ing slave to tell what he had seen or
knew, relative to stops along the
railroad. The URR was called othe
invisible tracks ? but the railroad
was hardly invisible.

The oinvisible ?-term came as a
result of the fact that, in spite of so
many enslaved people leaving the
plantation, slave catchers on horses
with bloodhounds would give chase
soon thereafter (sometimes with less
than eight hours following an en-
slaved person Ts departure), and run-
aways seemed to disappear off the
face of the earth. It seemed as if
they just disappeared, or became.
oinvisible. ?

Though slave catchers knew they
(runaways) had to be around some-
where, they could never find them.
No tracks, no scent, no people
walkin T. Nothing. However, rail-
road stops were homes, businesses,
barrelhouses, rivers, wells, caves,
forests, anywhere that provided
cover for a minute, hour or some-
times days. Then there are the infa-
mous tunnels that provided quick
escapes when searches took place
and capture seemed certain,

It seemed almost impossible that
this type of coordination could take
place and people turn up without a
trace. How did enslaved people know

oCaroll, 1 thechlltoteic orschy

_ of Riverside makes a lot of sense and
he has the courage of his convictions.
The embattled top cop of the Inland
Empire city had the intestinal forti-
tude to meet with at least 30 high
ranking black police officials recently
and discuss the position on the Tyisha
Miller shooting.

Knowing he might be faced with
more than token opposition. Carroll
came to a meeting of the Southern
California Chapter of the National
Organization of Black Law Enforce-
ment officers in Rialto and talked
candidly and at length about his
feeling and reaction to the tragic
shooting in his city:some months
ago. -

He acknowledged that there are
and have been problems within his
department. He became chief in

October 1997. Since that time, he

explained he has had to attempt to
build trust in Riverside. oThere must
be trust between the police and the
community ? he explained. He went
on to say, however, that oleader-
ship is the key to good police work. ?
Apparently, he offers that leader-
ship.

Carroll explained that he makes
ita practice to personally go to all

URBAN

California Ts future
population if of ut-
most importance to
all citizens. And, population trends
are especially significant and poten-
tially problematic for African Ameri-
cans whose numbers are decreasing
in the state. (In Feb. 2000, this column
will report specifically on the grow-
ing complexity of racial and ethnic
identity in California.)

How Many Californians? A Re-
view of Population Projections for
the State, a report by the Public
Policy Institute of California, com-
pares and analyzes population pro-
jections produced for the state by
various organizations: the Califor-
nia Department of Finance, the U.S.
Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of

Economic Analysis, UCLA and the.

Center for Continuing Study of the
California Economy. Those projec-
tions are used in short-and-long
range planning by local, state and
federal government agencies, as
well as by private firms.

The current projections agree on
some basic issues: Growth rates will
be lower than in the past, but abso-
lute levels of growth will remain
high. Natural increase will have
more effect than net migration on
population growth. Domestic mi-
gration will be lower, while inter-
national migration will remain
strong. California will still have
higher growth rates than the rest of
the country. However, the projec-
tions of future population and rates
of population growth vary widely.

Authors of this report maintain
that each of the projections is plau-
sible if you accept its assumptions
regarding migration to and trom
California. The differences in mi-
gration assumptions drive almost

Dec. 28, 1998 when he was called T
out on the Miller incident, he found

himself in an unenviable position.

The officers, he charged, found
Tyisha Miller with a weapon and
under the influence. oBut good judg-
ment didn Tt happen that night. ?

As a result, when all of the dust
began to settle and the legal hurdles
were overcome, four police offic-
ers and a sergeant were fired from
their jobs. He acknowledges that
the issue of racism has been consid-
ered a major factor and that there
has been a lot of finger-pointing.
His comment along these lines was
simple and concise. oRacism is alive
and well in America. ?

How prevalent is it, he asks? He
then cited the fact that he has re-
cently promoted two minority of-
ficers, one African American and
the other Hispanic and is facing
Opposition from seven sergeants
within his department.

Citing the fact he has promoted
an African American female, to.the
rank of captain, he commented that
within the ranks of most urban po-
lice departments, white males make
up the majority.

This is almost a given within the
ranks of law enforcement. In South-
ern California, the first black chief
of police was the late Thomas

PERSPECTIVE :

all of the differences among the
various projections. Over the past
fifteen years, domestic migration
between California and other states
has fluctuated dramatically. It is
possible that California is on the
verge of a new demographic era,
one in which the state no longer
attracts more domestic migrants
than it sends out.

It is also possible that the state
will return to its longtime demo-
graphic history of being a place that
attracts more migrants from other
States than it sends to those states.
The lowest projections assume the
former, while the higher projections
assume the latter. The most recent
evidence indicates that the large
domestic migration losses of the
early 1990s have ceased, although
the state has not returned to the
positive flows of domestic migrants
that characterize its past.

The distinguishing feature of
California Ts population is its dyna-
mism, which is evident not only in
rapid population growth, but also in
the increasing diversity of the state Ts
population. For decades,
California Ts population growth rates
have rivaled thése of many less de-
veloped countries rather than those
of developed regions. As recently
as 1950, the state had only 10 mil-
lion residents, less than one-third
of today Ts 33 million. Over the past
few decades, the state has also ex-
perienced a dramatic increase in
ethnic and cultural diversity.

In 1970, white non-Latinos ac-
counted for almost 80 percent of
the state Ts population; today, they
account for approximately half of
the state Ts populction. By 2020.
Latinos will be the single largest
ethnic group in the state.

Coches: oa brane the head of

the Compton PD in thre early 1970s.
_ Then there was Joe Rouzan, who
replaced Cochee several years later
and then became the first black chief
of police for the City of Inglewood.
Ray Johnson replaced Rouzan and
Oliver Thompson replaced Johnson
and Ron Banks is the current chief.

In Los Angeles, Willie Williams
from Philadelphia beat out Bernie
Parks for the top job, but Parks held
on and wound up replacing Will-
iams five years later. It is interest-
ing to note that Wes Mitchell, a
black man, has been chief of the
Los Angeles Unified School Dis-
trict police for a number of years.
Al Reddick retired as chief of the
Community College Board Police
Department several years ago.

It is even more interesting to look
back at the history of black officers
who came through the LAPD ranks to
move on to more important jobs after
their retirement. Homer Broome, the
first black uniformed captain in LAPD
and subsequent commander, went on
to become administrator of the Law
Enforcement Assistance Administra-
tion in Washington after leaving
LAPD.

Roberta Reddick retired from
LAPD, but has been in demand as a
consultant for many years and sits
on various boards across the nation.

; Lpeotbetiaty estat .* may very ?
-. well be the first black womantoact |
as chief of police in Southern Cali-

fornia. Joe Rouzan tabbed her as
acting chief during one of his pro:

longed absences. Ron Nelson mad¢ : :

lieutenant in LAPD but became : T
chief of police for China Lake and

js now Chief for the UC San Fran-

cisco department. .

With this as backdrop, it be-
comes crystal clear that Carroll's
comments about racism being alive
and well in America are right on the
money.

Carroll brought up what he con-
siders one of the key issues. He said
that as young officer, other officers
expected him to support them "
right or wrong. He said he took the

position that he would not back oe
partner if the partner expected hint. °
to lie or cover up. He explained that -~.

he had considered that integrity was
and is more important than loyalty.
oPolice departments should not be
afraid of the truth. None of us are
perfect. There has only been one
perfect person, ? he alleged.
Pointing out that discipline is to
bring about change, he said he asked
himself if he as chief of police could

take the Riverside police depart- -

ment forward. He suggested that
one of the keys to alleviating some
of the problems might be mentoring.

The sheer size of California Ts
population increase has important
implications for almost all govern-

ment services and functions includ- -

ing welfare, education, transportation
and corrections. It also has important
implications for protection of natural
resources, distribution of water, agri-
culture, and location and nature of
development. Equally important, but
less predictable, is how the changing
composition of the state Ts population
will influence its economic evolu-
tion, political representation and cul-
tural identities.

Projections of 50 million Cali-
fornians by 2025 suggest that policy
issues related to population growth
will be of utmost importance to
policymakers. However, projecting
future populations is an uncer{ain
undertaking. For example, the_re-
cession of the early 1990s saw
record numbers of domestic mi-
grants leaving California. From
1990 through 1996, between one
million and two million people left
California for other states than
moved to California from the rest
of the United States. At the same
time, immigration (international
migration) to the State increased
substantially during the 1970s and
1980s and though slowing, still re-
mained substantial during the re-
cession of the early 1990s.

The Public Policy Institute re-
port compares and analyzes a num-
ber of long-term population projec-
tions for California. Projections of
the state Ts population diverge
widely over time; the difference
between the highest and lowest pro-
jection is greater than 10 million
people. These projections (from
different agencies) imply very dif-
ferent levels of population growth.

Report on California Population Proj ections

The highest projections suggest that
California will need to accommo-:
date another 20 million people by:
2025, while the lowest suggest the
state Ts population growth will tofal
only about 8 million people between

1995 and 2025. Total population -

increases would amount to 29 per-
cent of the state Ts 1995 population, "
according to the lowest series com-
pared with 64 percent according to
the highest series.
Only the projections of the Cali-

fornia Department of Finance and "

the Census Bureau provide race/
ethnic detail. While the DOF and
CB projections agree on the direc-
tion of race/ethnic distributional

changes in the state Ts population, .

the projections differ on the magi: :. o
tude of those changes. In particular, «

the DOF projects that 4 somewhat °° Ae
larger share of the population will : -
be white, and a somewhat smallér ; +
share will be either Latino or Asian ° -
and Pacific Islander than the CB:
projects. According to the CB pto- - ;
jections, no race/ethnic group cQF- +
rently constitutes a majority of *

California Ts population. According ;

to the DOF projections, such a mg= +

jority will be reached between July}:

2000 and July 2001. The CB projects -

that by 2014, Latinos will be the.
largest single race/ethnic group: ins
the state, whereas the DOF projecis -°
that will occur around 2021.

The level of plausible variation
in California Ts future population
requires serious consideration by
policymakers and planners. Plan-
ners must consider several differ-
ent future levels of California Ts
population in developing their
plans. Policymakers, obviously,
must be attuned to the implications +

of California Ts future growth rates. + T

when to leave? How did they commu-
nicate? How did they know what to
bring? What to wear? (you know that
wasn Tt always an issue with us.) How
long would it take? All were issues
when talking about ogoing to free-
dom somewhere. ? It Ts well-known
that our people communicated by
song. Allso-called oslave songs ? were
spiritual because our people were

owho they were and who Ts they
were.. ? oI Tm ready to give up this
slave existence for anew (free) begin-
ning, ? a code song for oI Tm ready to
run to freedom. ? Water songs, in par-
ticular, were known as code or oes-
cape ? songs. oWade in water, chil Tun ?
is not.about a baptism. oWade in the

water ? meant omeet at the river to-

night, then train is coming. ? oFollow
the drinking court ? meant follow the
river to freedom Ts light. Water was
key to providing quick escape be-
cause they shed clothes, cleaned their
scents and threw off dogs. And water
left no tracks.

The average escape to freedom
took between two to six weeks, de-
pending on where you left. The aver-
age rate of travel was 25 to 30 miles a
day, mostly after sundown (unless
there was cover or long stretches of
clear land to travel by day). An aver-
age travel group was five or less.
Most of the escapes in the middle of
the country went to Canada via Ohio
and Michigan because of its proxim-
ity to lakes and rivers,

Also Ohio, being the country Ts
most notorious anti-slave territory,
provided greater cover for an other-
wise very long and dangerous trip.
Runaways went deep into Canada
(twenty to 100 miles) so that
slavecatchers couldn Tt easily pull
them back across the border.

From Kentucky into Canada (25
miles past Detroit across the river)
was about 350 miles. Alabama to
Canada was about 800 miles. Ar-
kansas to Canada was about 880
miles. Mississippi to Canada was
about 920 miles. This wasn Tt all flat
land either. It was very rugged ter-
rain and steep hill climbing.

Women Ts aerobic fitness work-
shops had nothing on osistas ?
ostairmastering ? to freedom. And
they ran with kids in tow. And the
children knew to be quiet. Try tak-
ing your children someplace today,
run (walk Tem fast) for 25 miles,
then ask to stand someplace for an
hour (much less several hours) with-
out speaking (above a whisper). If
it was my six year old, everybody
would be caught because she ain Tt
gonna stop askin T you til you an-
swer her, loudly:

Where did runaways know where
to stop? Safehouses provided sev-
eral coded signs or signals that
waved them in or told them to stay
put. It could be as simple as oleav-
ing the light on ? at the Rankin House
(one of the historically recognized

Undergrourlt Railroad sites), which
still sits 400 feet above the town of
Ripley, Ohio on the banks of the
Ohio River. This sitegalone guided
2,000 people to freedom, mostly
from Kentucky.

Those little ocolored ? lawn jock-
eys that we find so offensive today
provided great cover for the run-
away then. At abolitionist Seth
Marshall Ts house in Painsville,
Ohio, a scarf around the jockey Ts
right or left arm meant it was osafe. ?
The scarf around the jockey Ts neck
meant, lay low. The light on (in the
jockey Ts hand) meant he had space
for runaways; light off meant he
was full, and go to the next
safehouse stop. That Ts really where
roadside motels got ocutting their
lights off T when they were full "
from the underground railroad.

There is the Harding House (in
Xenia) that had a tunnel from the
outside well to the house basement
(the well, tunnel and basement are
all still intact; the house burned
down in 1965) where runaways
jumped in the well and hid by day
and escaped by night. There Ts the
Old Tavern on the Unionville, Ohio
county line (still standing) that was
the courthouse upstairs and slaves
escape downstairs.

During the time of the Slave Fugi-
tive Law, every citizen had to cooper-
ate with slave catchers. So when they
handed runaways over to authorities

see ee

they took them to court and while °
opapers were being verified, ? run- °
aways would escape via tunnel under -
the court house intoa graveyard across
the street, which also happened to be
in the next county. Not only would
they have to catch them again (if they -
could), they Tdhavetotake themtothe ;

ee wee

court in the next county 50 miles * ~

away.

stands in Painesville) that housed -

There Ts the Rider Inn(whichstill ~~

many of the slave catchers, but had*. |
several tunnels underneath (still

there) whereby the owner could give
runaways advance notice to hide or
escape. .

There T s the Fairport Harbor Light-.
house that was operated by a federal
employee that signaled ships when it
was clear to come and pick runaways
to take them to Canada via Lake Erie.
There was the Second Baptist Church
in Detroit (who's first seven pastors
were undergrouund railroad conduc-
tors) that still sits on the site where
tunnels existed to harbor runaways
(as many as 5,000 at a time) until
conductors came to take them across
the river,

Cleveland and Detroit were sig-
nificant landmarks on the freedom
trial. They had code names, Hope
(because if you got as far as Cleve-
land, you had a good chance of
being free), and Faith (because you
reached Detroit on faith).

Next time, freedom sites and
URR historical museums.

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The Minority Voice: Dec 17 - Dec 24, 1999

Historical Photo Olga Meyer a long time educator and mentor of
Eppes High School. was a shinning example and mentor of many Pitt
County professional doctors, lawyers . teachers etc. All of them are a

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A Celebration of Family,
Community and Culture

product of this woman's dedication to her students.

Council continued from pg 1!

Mildred Council has Masters
Degree in Social Work, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1974)
Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Sociology, Shaw University,
Raleigh, NC (1971) Academic
diploma, Bethel Union High
School, Bethel, NC (1967)

She has spent 12 years of public
service to the citizens of
Greenville. An elected member of
Greenville City Council (6 two-
vear terms, 1987-1999) Currently
Liaison on the following boards
(1997-Present) Environmental
Advisory Commission Planning
and Zoning Commission, North
Carolina League of Municipalities
Vice President of Women in
Municipal Govt. and District IV
Representative 1987-Present).Past

President (1994-1997) and mem-
ber of N.C. Black Elected
Municipal Officials (NCBEMO)
currently Membership = Chair
scholarship.

In addition to all of these
accomplishments, Mildred A.
Council is still a loving mother.
She has two dynamic sons, Logan
who is an 8th grader currently
enrolled in E.B. Avcock Middle
School (Academic Gifted) and
"Baker" who is a_ freshman
Presidential scholar at Shaw
University in Raleigh. she 1s
currently emploved as Sickle cell
educator counselor/ N.C. Dept.
Health and Human services. She

has a devoted husband, named

Walter. He supports Ms Council
in all her endeavors. Hats off, to
Mayor Pro-Tem Mildred Council!

The Symbols of KWANZAA

KWANZAA has seven basic
symbols and two supplemental
ones. Each represents values and
concepts reflective of African
culture and contributive to com-
munity building and reinforce-
ment. The basic symbols in
Swahili and then in English are:

MAZAO (The Crops)

These are symbolic of African
harvest celebrations and of the
rewards of productive and col-
lective labor.

MKEKA (The Mat)

This is symbolic of our tradition
and history and therefore, the
foundation on which we build.

KINARA (The Candle Holder)
This is symbolic of our roots,
our parent people--continental
Africans.

MUHINDI (The Corn)

This is symbolic of our children
and our future which they em-
body.

MISHUMAA SABA
Seven Candles)

These are symbolic of the Nguzo
Saba, the Seven Principles, the
matrix and minimum set of
values which African people are
urged to live by in order to

(The

rescue and reconstruct their lives _

in their own image and accord-
ing to their own needs.

KIKOMBE CHA UMOJA
(The Unity Cup)

This is symbolic of the founda-
tion principle and practice of
unity which makes all else possi-
ble.

ZAWADI (The Gifts)

These are symbolic of the labor
and love of parents and the
supplemental symbols are:

BENDERA (The Flag)

The colors of the Kwanzaa flag
are the colors of _ the
Organization Us, black, red and
reen; black for the people, red
or their struggle, and green for
the future and hope that comes
from their struggle. It is based on
the colors given by the Hon.
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TWENTY- FIVE LESSONS
FOR LIFE

Marian Wright T " Edelman.
President, Children's Defense Fund

1. Always remember that you're

God's child. No man or woman can

look down on you and you cannot
look down on any man or woman or
child.

2. Don't wait tor, expect. or rely on
favors. Count on earning them by
hard work and perseverance.

5

3. call things by their right name.

4, Don't listen to naysayers offering
no solutions or take no or but for an
answer.

5. Don't be afraid to stick your neck
out, to make mistakes. or to
speak up.

6. Keep your word and your
commitments.

7. Be strategic .focus. and don't
scatter your energies on many things

- that don't add up to a better whole.

8. Watch out for success. It can be

"| more dangerous than failure.

9. You can't do everything by
yourself but you can do a lot.

10. Asking the right questions and
measuring the right things may be
more important than finding the
right answers.

11. T Travel lightly through life and

resist the tyranny of burdensome

or unneeded things.

12. Be a pilgrim and not a tourist in
life and don't confuse heroism
with fame or celebrity.

13. God has a job for all of us to do.
Open up the envelope of your soul
and try to discern the Creator's
orders inside.

14. Follow the Golden Rule rather
than the world's silver, iron, bronze.
and copper rules.

15. Bear all or most of the criticism
and share all of the credit.

16. Be real. Try to do what you say.
and say what you mean, and be
What you seem.

17. Avoid high-maintenance. low-
impact people and life in the fast
lane.

18. God did not create two classes
of children or human beings - only
one.

19. Don't ever give up on life. It is
God's gift. When trouble comes.
hang in.

20. Strive hard to be a good parent.

21. Be a good ancestor. Stand for

something bigger than yourself. -
Add value to the earth during your

sojourn.

22. Don't let anything or anybody
get between you and your educa-
tion.

23. Never judge the contents of a
box by its wrappings.

24. Take responsibility for your
behavior. Don't make excuses,
blame. or point fingers at others or
hide behind "everybody's doing it".

25. Possessions and power don't
make the man or woman: _ princi-
ples. character, and love do.

A PARENT'S PLEDGE
| PLEDGE TO:
|. Listen to my children.

2. Communicate with my children.

5

3. Teach my children right from
wrong and be a good role model for
them.

4... Spend time with and pay
attention to my children.

§. Educate my children in and.
body and soul.

6. Work to provide a stable family
life for my children.

7. Vote for my children to ensure
them fair treatment and opportunity.

8. Speak out and stand up for my
children's needs and support effec-

tive groups that help children.

From: LANTERNS: A MEMOIR
OF MENTORS, Maran Wright
Edelman. author of the #] NYT
Best Seller

She pays tribute to the extraordinary
personal mentors who helped

light her way: Martin Luther King,
Jr. Robert. Kennedy. Fannie Lou
Hamer, William Sloane Coffin, Ella
Baker, Mae Bartha Carter, and
many others.

TO: BROTHER "BIG BO"
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FROM: MISSIONARY
AUDREINEE "4UDREY" HARVEY
"4N 4 VID LISTENER OF WOOW
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RE: THE WOOW "BIG BO 'S
SUPER ROLE MODEL" PROJECT

There many
Models that have "forcefully"
made impressions upon iy life
but... I will focus on women of
Atrican American decent. Allow me
to also state that during this 1999
calendar year there were many
super role models that have gone
home to be with the Lord (Mrs

are Super Role

mamie May Garrett) Aly
Grandmother... the only cheerleader
| ever had... Ms. Esther Rich... a

woman blind her entire life that
taught me how to type at (9) years
old ... Mrs sallve Ann Eariy.. As a
best friend to my Grandmother
taught me how to be a loyal friend...
Deaconess P. Moore taught me how
to walk with a loving, meek and
quiet spir't .... egardless of circum-
stances..

Yo date.. there are (2) African
American women , of the Pitt
County area that have had a major
impact on my life.

| Honor and Recognize

Mrs. Clotea Garrett
&
Mrs Beatrice Maye

These (2) African American women
are frist and foremost ... women of
God!!! (42) vears of my life I recall
character that reflects no spot or
blemish.

Mothers
Wives
Career Women

Dedicated God & Church

Ministries

lo

Strong Missionary's in the commu-
nity

Delightful personalities

] know you might possibly think
that because these are my relatives |
am partial but... anvone that knows
me knows that | would onever ? vive
accolaes to anyone that does not
rightly deserse honor!

Mrs. Maye (Aunt Bea) ... | can not
say is a retired educator because..
even until this very day she teaches
a class once a week! In addition
she pioneers journalism is a writer
for the Minority Voice Newspaper.
he wite of (1) husband ( the late
Mr. Howard Walter Maye, SR.)
Faithful Mother of (2) children,
MR. John Walter Maye, Jr. & Mrs.

The Minority Voice: Dec 17- Dec 24, 1999

Mamie E. Maye- Brvan & (6)
grandchildren Sycamore Missionary
Baptist Church Member. Where the
pastor is Dr. Howard W. Parker, Jr.

Mrs. Maye has taught me the ease
_of carrying myself with the Dignity
& grace of a proud African
American Christian woman. The
wisdom to know that education is
the key and necessary «& the
knowledge that it is never ever to
late to conquer any goal that | have
in mind ... Never allow age to be a
hindering factor!

Mrs. Clotea Garrett (Aunt Clotea)
.. is the conglomerate of all of my
personal goals... Aunt Clotea is a
wonderful mother grandmother Real
Estate mogul of this community /
D.D. Garrett Real Estate 606
Albermarle Ave. Greenville.)

Great Missionar, (Doing things in
a big way but without calling
attention to self)... Prayer warrior of
phenomenal proportions! She is
the honorable wite of .D. Garrett
Sr,

(2) sons, Reverend D.D. Garrett, Jr.
& Michael Garrett.. Grandmother of
(5) Grandchildren.

Aunt Clotea has taught me that Gad
is the one that must direct my every
path ... praver is the key to "Good
Success"... Owning & having a
successful business is attainable 1
you are steadfast in your efforts ..
she made ne understand that « good
sense of humor is a Godly thing &
foremost she caused me te
understand how to walk in the way
of Holiness! Holy Trinity United
Holy Church member. where the
pastor is Bishop Ralph Love.

Mr. lyson.. Thank You for ziving
me the opportunity to honor these
(2) women today

Sp er-cerceteneL

a

Dr. George Hawkins

From the Pastor's Desk
Greetings:
Genesis |:1-3 says that oin the

beginning God created the heavens
and the earth. And the earth was

without form, and void; and dark-
ness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters. And God said
Let there be light: and there was
light.

Death and life are in the power of
the tongue: and they that love it
shall eat the fruit thereof (Proverbs
18:21).

Ever since the world was created,
words have and always will play an
important role in our lives. They
determine whether we will be
blessed or cursed. They will deter-
mine if we will receive life or death
in any given situation. Words.
beloved. are powerful. if we had
known then what we know today.
our circumstances and_ situations
would have had a different out-
come, but because of the lack of
knowledge. we went through a lot of
things needlessly. | am not saying
we would not have experienced
what we did but had we known

better. it would not have been so
hard.
Genesis 1|:1-3 are some very

powerful scriptures. "_ especially
verses | and 3 and God said, Let
there be light is a sermon by itself
God could have easily created the
light, darkness, the firmament, the
days, etc.. but He chose to speak it
into existence. Why? It demon-
strates faiths The God-kind of faith.
The faith that He gets from believ-
ers. God had enough faith in His
own words to believe that if He said
it, it would comé to pass. God knew

His word had power. He knew that

one day we would be proclaiming
the same word. Faith without works
is dead. | believe that God did this
to prove to us that life and death are
in the power of the tongue and that
if we have His faith, we could do
likewise, So then faith cometh by
hearing and hearing by the Word of
God. When God's words went out,
what He spoke materialized. How?
The voice of His Word. God's word
has a voice.

We know that the Bible is the Word
of God. but if you hold it up to your
ear. you don't hear anything. The
logos of God's Word makes no

sound. It has no voice by itself Yes.
it is His Word but it doesn't have
sound until we give voice to it. We
must give voice to God's Word!
Why? Because angels hearken to
that sound. I believe that when God
spoke He gave voice to His Word.
thereby causing the angels to bring
it to pass. Just because the Bible
says, "By his stripes, ye were
healed." does not mean sou will
receive the benefits of it. It won't
work just because you read it in the
Bible. It won t work just because
you believe the Bible is true. It will
work only when you get that word
down in your spirit and give voice
to it.

Each time you talk contrary to
God's word. the angels hear, back
off and fold their hands. They can't
work because they hearken to the
voice of God's Word. How are

angels going to hear the voice of

His Word if you don't speak it? You
have angels assigned.to you. What
are you speaking? What are you
proclaiming? Angels can't act in
your behalf when T they hear words

like, it's not working out. We will
never get out of debt. I'll never have
the money to make the payment on
this car. You just watch, we'll lose
our car." You are not voicing God's
word. You are voicing the word of
the enemy.

By speaking those words of
unbelief you are binding and pro-
voking the angels. Not only that,
you have loosed Satan to operate
with those words. Again I ask, What
are you voicing? Whatever you
speak, the angels are listening.
That's why it is important to read
God's word aloud sometimes in
your home during study time be-
cause When the angels hear it, they
are going to hearken only to the
Word of God. You and I are the
voice of God's word. Have your
ever read the word in silence and
then at other times aloud? Which
benefited the most ? You can read
"No weapon that is formed against
thee shall prosper" and then read it
audibly. and 1 guarantee it will
quicken to your spirit quicker than
when you read it in silence. Don't

get me wrong by what | just said. |
believe you can be blessed both
ways but remember what St. John
6:63b says oThe words that I speak
unto vou. they are spirit and they
are lite. You can have what you say.
It's time you start speaking things
into existence. Proclaim those
things that are not as though they
were.

This is a very broad topic
concerning angels. As )ou can see,
they played a major part in creation
and they play a major part 1) Our
lives. They do exist and thes: will
and stand ready to work for us but
only according to the word of God.
Remember, if we don't give God's
word a voice. then the angels have
no voice to hearken to in the earth.
The power of binding and loosing ts
on earth. This is where many of
God's people miss it. They are not
givine voice to His Word. The
angels are waiting for you to say
things that will loose them! Begin to
speak the word of God. Loose your
angels!

Read the word of God and know the truth

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Beau

- Beaufort County
announce teacher an
of the year recipi

ents

principa

~ Willie Joyner

By Pamela W. Daw
Beaufort County School
Laura Bilbro-Berry, second
grade teacher at John C. Tayloe

_ Elementary School, is Beaufort

County's 1999-2000 Teacher of
the Year.

The announcement was made at
a. reception at Beaufor County
Community College on August 19.

In making the announcement,
Board of Education chairman Dr.
Jack F. Cherry read excerpts from
her portfolio. When asked what
her message would be if she were
chosen as the North Carolina
Teacher of the Year, Bilbro-
Berry's response was: "I would
communicate to others that we
must do whatever it takes for the
students T sake. In order to ensure

. success for all students, we must
be open-minded and innovative.
As we head into the new millen-
nium, it should be our mission to
make education the most important
aspect of our lives. We can
accomplish this goal only by
creating better partnerships, fos-
tering open-mindedness and using
innovative practices."

Robert Belcher, principal at
John C. Tayloe Sehool, said in his
letter of recommendation: "I ad-
mire Mrs. Berry's keen sense of
organization and her attention to
detail. She is very thorough and
uses the computer as a vital tool in
this area as well as classroom
instruction. She is very intelligent,

being an Honors Graduate and
qeaching Fellow at UNC-Chapel

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Cecelia Cutler, a parent from
John C. Tayloe, wrote in her letter
of recommendation: "Mrs. Berry
has made a definitive and lasting
impression on my children. She
puts forth a considerable effort to
ensure a quality education for all
of her students. | am most appreci-
ate to Mrs. Berry for the outstand-
ing influence she has had in my
family members' lives."

Willie Joyner, computer skills
and computer enrichment teacher
from Belhaven Elementary School,
was recognized as Teacher of the
Year runner-up. Dr. Cherry cited
this excerpt from Joyner's portfo-
lio: "My message to the commu-
nity would be to expect nothing
but the best education for your
child. It is also your responsibility
to play a part in your child's
development. Do not expect mira-
cles to be worked in someone if the
basic values have not been taught
at home. We must all work
together to ensure the success of

our sons and daughters. We must
do so by communicating openly
and honestly about everyone's
needs.

Superintendent Dr. Curtis Rains
announced that Andrea Roberson,
principal at the Ed. Tech. Center,
will represent Beaufort County as
Principal of the Year.

Commenting, Roberson, princi-
pal said: "I feel that one of my
greatest contributions in the field
of education's being a role model
and an example of success. When
students see me, I would hope that
they would see someone who has
experienced _ obstacles yet
achieved her goals in_ spite of
them. There is no greater joy to me
than to be able to influence the life
of another, as I was influenced
during my teenage years. I feel
that teaching does not stop in the
classroom but stretches into the
community, churches and wher-
ever we come in contact with our
youth. ?

This is Roberson Ts first year at
the Ed. Tech Center. She was
previously principal at S.W.

Snowden for five and one half
years.
Each winner was presented
flowers and. a plaque from the
board of education. Bilbro-Berry
and Roberson will represent the
county in regional competitions to
be held in October.

Special guests attending in-
cluded Representative Dr. Zeno
Edwards; 1998-99 teachers of the
year from various school; and
board of education members, Betty
Randolph, Billy Jefferson, E.C.
Peed, Bryant Hardison and Mac
Hodges. Also present was
Beaufort County Schools 1998-99
Teacher of the Year Sarah
Faucette, who provided a story
regarding attributes of a teacher of
the year.

Other candidates for Teacher of
the Year were: Kim Mayo, Aurora

High School; Kathy Gwynn, Bath
Elementary School: kathy
Ormond, Beaufort | County

Elementary School; Lewis Cutler,
Chocowinity High School; Lynn
Whittington, Chocowinity Primary
School; Debbie Poe, Eastern

E 1; Vernetta
Joyce White, John Small School;
Kris Noland, Northside School;
Greg Singleton, P'S. Jones Middle
School; Faye Wallace, S.W.
Snowden E School; and
Donna Woolard, Washington High
School.

Each candidate prepared a port-
folio of information which in-
cluded: educational history;
professional biography; commu-
nity involvement; philosophy of
teaching; education issues and
trends; the teaching profession;
impact on student learning; and
letters of recommendation. This
information was presented to an
interview committee consisting of
Norm Smith (retired educator),
Ruby Bailey (retired educator),
Daniel Mallison (field representa-
tive for Congressman Eva
Clayton), and Dr. Jack Cherry
(board of education chairman).

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Keith W. Cooper
_- In 1998, I proposed the estab-
lishment of a Pitt County Human
Relations Council to have jurisdic-
tion throughout the entire county.
that time, the Honorable
Commissioner Farney Moore was

the sole commissioner (of nine) to

advance the concept. Vacillation
and procrastination notwithstand-

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by myself. Thanks to people like
Dr. Reginald Watson, Rev. Walter
Sadler, and other faithful support-
ers who made phone calls and
encouraged the concept of a
countywide council in other ways.
we succeeded. On Monday,
December 6, 1999, the Pitt County
Board of Commissioners (PCBC)
agreed to support the establish-
ment of a Pitt County Human
Relations Council.

On December 6, Commissioner
David Hammond became the new
vice-chairman of the PCBC.
Charles Gaskins was elected
chairman. At that time, the
Honorable Commissioner
Hammond went down in history as
the commissioner who _ insisted
that the proposal for the council be
placed on the agenda. He then
encouraged a favorable vote on the
issue. Commissioner Terry Shank
(long-time human relations sup-
porter) seconded Hammond's mo-

tion. The PCBC voted 7-0 to
support the idea of a countywide
council. Two commissioners were
absent during the historic vote.
Commissioner Savage (who was
vice-chairman until that historic
day) asked to be excused to get
some rest after-a return from New
York. Commissioner Eugene
James, who. lost his title as
chairman, wanted to be excused to
attend an out-of-town conference.
Why did Mr. Hammond move

on the issue? Well, Hammond.
who has been in Pitt County for
many years, realized that business
as usual must be challenged. As a
matter of fact, he has been a vocal
supporter of justice for all and the
need to open the channels of
communication so that people of
different cultures and backgrounds
could talk more. This is the only
way we're going to get meaningful
solutions to the problems, which
have been nagging this county for
so long. It 1s true that the "journey

of a thousand miles begins with
one step." Hammond made that
first step. This will be part of his
legacy of praiseworthy achieve-
ments for years to come.

We, the hard-working,
commitment-driven citizens of
Pitt, need to take that second step.
We must support action-driven
dialogue to put solutions on the
table. Too often, we've witnessed
situations where people , in their
suspenders and pinstriped shirts,
attended meetings in "smoke-
filled" rooms. The players, who
sometimes choked on big Cuban
cigars, talked just to hear them-
selves talk. Once the dust cleared,
nothing substantive was accom-
plished. We are now poised to
reach consensus in many impor-
tant arenas with the new council.
Some people say that talking
about problems won't lead to
constructive change. | say "malar-
key." If this were true, we, as
blacks, still would be slaves.

Frederick Douglass and other
abolitionists, through private and
public discourse, negotiated a
successful end to slavery with

President Lincoln. Furthermore,

had the NAACP not been formed
around 1909 to fight the lynching
of blacks, many black males might
be seen hanging from a nearby tree
with a cigar in their mouths. What
about Dr. Martin Luther King,
Rev. Ralph Albernathy, Rev. Jesse
Jackson and countless other civil
rights giants? They did more than
talk; they acted. They got things
done in such a way that will make
our posterity proud. Through their
efforts, we got the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of
1965, and the Civil Rights Act of
1968. Hence, we must. never
undermine the importance of
Commissioner Hammond's auda-
cious move on Dec. 6.
What might fall within the

purview of a countywide council?
Discrimination in employment,

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public accommodations, educa-
tion, and age, disability, and wage
discrimination would qualify for
consideration. This council tran-
scends race. It's about advancing
human relations issue would be
fair play. Homelessness, jobless-
ness, helping abused children,
providing support groups to help
women cope with breast cancer,
and assisting elderly citizens with
Arthritis and Alzheimer's Disease
are still some of innumerable
human relations concerns.

The great poet, Langston
Hughes, warned us of the danger
of "dreams being deferred." The,
countywide council was a dream
come true. Moreover, George
Bernard Shaw was right when he
said, "Some people see things as
they are and ask," "why?" I dream
of things that never were, and
ask," owhy not?" Let's help
Commissioner Hammond make
the Pitt County Human Relations
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Isaiah 9:6,7 is a wonderful
prophecy of the birth of Jesus
and the worldwide scope of
the government over which He
will preside. To understand
what His rulership will mean
for the people, this prophecy
assigns several very meaning-
ful titles to Him. Says the
prophet, "His name shall be
called Wonderful,: Counselor,
The mighty God, The everlast-
ing Father, The Prince of
Peace."

Some Hebrew scholars claim
that no punctuation should
follow the word "Wonderful,"
that it is merely an adjective,
like the word "mighty" in the
title "The mighty God" and
the word "everlasting" in the
title "The everlasting Father."

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We know of course, that Jesus
is "Wonderful." No matter
from/what standpoint we view
the Master, He is
"Wonderful." But it does seem
reasonable that here the Lord
is telling us primarily that
Jesus is a "Wonderful
Counselor."

The term "Counselor," as
used in this prophecy, means
more than one who gives
advice; it is more like our
word attorney; that is, one
who represents a client before
the bar of justice. It will be in
this capacity that Jesus will act
when He serves as "Mediator
between God and men."

(I Timothy 2:4-6) His work as
Counselor will be closely akin
to His role as Judge. In both

of

respects He will be dealing
with the people for the pur-
pose of effecting. their recon-
ciliation with God, and upon
the basis of this, giving them
everlasting life. And Jesus will
indeed be a "Wonderful
Counselor" and a_ righteous
Judge.

Another title ascribed to
Jesus is "The mighty God."
(Isaiah 9:6) This does not
mean that Jesus is the
"Almighty God," but it does
mean that He has been highly
exalted in the divine arrange-
ment and that the Creator is
pleased to have Him recog-
nized as a mighty God and to
be worshipped.

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which means, "God with us." '

(Isaiah 7:14) We are not to
understand this as meaning
that Jesus is the Almighty
God, the Creator Himself, but
rather that He would be the
representative of God. (John
3:16) His miracles were an
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will be employed by the glori-
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sick and raising all the dead.
Isaiah declares that Jesus
will also be "The everlasting
Father." The term father
means lifegiver, and an ever-
lasting father would be one
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the birth of Jesus featured the
happy theme of "peace on

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Pitt Community college.

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of the flood are displaced, living
either with relatives, friends, in
homeless shelters or in other
insufferable conditions.

The Brotherhood of the
House of the Lord Pentécostal
Church requests your support
and invites you to participate in
this effort. During the weekend
of Friday, Dec. 3, the Brother-
hood of the House of the Lord
Pentecostal Church will be
sponsoring a two-day informa-
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scheduled as follows: Saturday,

urrently, victims.

reenville, N.C., and stated,
oSome areas of Greenville are
like a ghost town heaped with
foul smell and people with faces
of despair. The situation in this
town needs more widespread
attention. A briéf documentary
will be shown during the forum
on Dec. 5. ?

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missioner, Greenville N.C.; Rev.
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sionary Baptist Church in
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Daniels of Daniels Trucking Co.
in Greenville, N.C.

Black retail organization
bans Pepsi at conventions

The removal of all Pepsi Cola
products from venues used by
more than 200 conventioneers
was the first order of business
when the National United Mer-
chants Beverage Association
(NUMBA) convened for their
late October Annual Marketing
Summit at the Nassau Marriott
Hotel, Nassau.

Management of the Nassau
Marriott Hotel complied with
NUMBAs request, after Melvin
Cornelious, president of
NUMBA, said, oIf you want our
business you will remove any
and all Pepsi products from the
areas of the hotel that we will be
using. ?

NUMBA is the largest
African-American retail trade
organization in the United
States. Their membership is
comprised of licensed beverage
accounts organized under state
and city-wide chapters across
this country. NUMBA members

are owners and operators of T

bars, taverns, grocery stores,
package stores, convenience
stores and restaurants.
organization Ts total membership
is well over 1,200 small and
medium-sized businesses.

Cornelious said the removal
of Pepsi products was in
response to Pepsi Ts refusal to
support NUMBA and its cut-
ting-edge programs. oPepsi
Cola has steadfastly refused to
support our organizations and
any of its programs. We have
written numerous letters to
Pepsi Ts corporate office in an
effort to resolve this issue " to
no avail.

oIn the past, Pepsi Cola has
not only supported NUMBA Ts
Convention and Marketing
Summit, but also our Scholar-
ship and Intern Programs. How-
ever, in recent years, they with-
drew their support of NUMBA
completely. It is our policy to
support companies that support
NUMBA, our community, our
business goals and commit-

The

It was also disclosed that the
group Ts Board of Directors voted
to continue a policy of refusal to
expose its membership to any
company Ts products that are not
supportive of the goals and pro-
grams of the National United
Merchants Beverage Associa-
tion.

The organization Ts National
Network ProNet was designed
for its members across the coun-
try to group themselves in a pro-
motion network that provides

retail operators with opportuni:

ties to participate in national
promotions exclusively for
ProNet members. The ProNet
marketing team and industry
partners plan and coordinate
feature events for sponsoring
brands within both on-premise
and off-premise environments.
This synergy produces oaction
centers ? in the community and
provides opportunities to build
consumer traffic and to broaden
brand sales.

The National United Mer-

chants Beverage Association
also provides its members and
trade partners with a national
communications vehicle to
exchange information that
keeps them abreast of impor-
tant issues, programs and activ-
ities affecting their industry
and communities. The quarterly
newsletter known as oA Slice of
NUMBA T ? includes President Ts
Message, Public Relations, Leg-
islative Action, Chapter High-
lights & Upcoming Events, Mar-
keting Strategies, Corporate
Corner and Trade & Communi-
ty Relations.

Department of Education reported
that 67% of the city's fourth grade stu-

| dents failed the State Regents test

given last January. Seventy-eight per-
cent of the fourth grade students in
Harlem, South: Bronx, and Bedford
Stuyvesant scored far below grade; in
reading and writing simple English.

Shipwrecked Sysytem

Given the resources available, the
shipwrecked public school system

at the sorry state of libraries in the 625
elementary schools. The State Library
Division admitted that 550 elementary
school libraries reported the lack of a
certified school librarian. State offi-
cials said that most libraries in ele-
mentary schools were poorly super-
vised by uncertified librarians or by
teachers who lacked basic library
skills. Many school libraries were
assigned to paraprofessional clerks
who don Tt possess library skills.

New York State law orders that the
New York City School Library System
give all elementary schoolchildren
access to libraries located within their
schools. Libraries, known as oSchool
Library Media Centers, ? are of no use
to students unless a certified school

| librarian is on duty to assist children

with computers and to teach them how
to find information they need for
homework. New York City Ts Board of
Education ignores the state law, which
requires that all schools have a func-
tioning library system that assures a
method of delivery of library materials
to students.

We have a two-tiered
educational system.

The families of tens of thousands
of students survive on incomes below
the poverty level. Parents cannot
afford to spend money on books and
magazines. When
depnve children of librames super-

public schools
vised by trained teachers. hundreds of
thousands of children may never leam
to read. wnte, or reason well enough
to work for a living as adults. In the
modem age of television and videos.
reading books is going out of style for

should not surprise anyone. Just look

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erican children. Unless
ols are equipped with
trained librarians, New
en will remain dumb-
Znorance. The proof?
Keon of third graders
now need remedial classes in reading!

Surveys show the American people
vote education as their number one
priority. In New York, however, politi-
cians have been attacking education.
Tuition has been jacked up at CUNY
and SUNY colleges while funding for
lower early grade class size and uni-
versal pre-kindergarten has been cut.

The lack of adequate library facili-
ties is another example of the state's
disinvestment in the city Ts public
schools. Not only does the city receive
thousands of dollars per student less
than downstate suburban districts. It
even gets about $2,000 per student less
than other urban areas such as Buffalo
and Yonkers. We have a two-tiered
educational system, one for New York
City and the other for the rest of the
State.

The corrosive effects of funding
inequity can be seen in the test scores,
but the worst may be yet to come. The
Board of Regents has stiffened stan-
dards for high school graduation. All
students must now pass a toughened
English Regents exam in order to
graduate. Raising standards should
provide a better education for stu-
dents and enhanced the quality of a
diploma from the city Ts school system.
But how will students who have fallen
behind grade level in reading as early
as third grade be able to handle this
heightened requirement? It is clearly
unfair to throw stiffer standards at stu-
dents and deprive them of more and
better resources from an early grade.

Racism Rears
Its Ugly Head

Make no mistake about it, the
issue of spreading dumbness is about
race! Imagine the response of local
officials. school boards. and the state
if three-fourths of the students in
wealthy white school districts in
and Suffolk

Counues failed a reading test. New

Westchester. Nassau.
York City schools are 8% minonties -
Black. Hispame. and Asian. Many
thousands of the fourth grade students
who failed the statewide test last
January are doomed to move up and
out of the dumbed-down public school
system - another generation whose
education is a sham - to dead-end jobs
and dead-end lives.

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by Jackie Cissell

ears ago, I was called an ex-
tremist when I spoke out about
the 1930s-era oNegro Project. ?
Now, a dangerous new study
entitled oLegalized Abortion
and Crime ? has African-Americans in
shock because it could threaten the very
survival of the race. Who Ts extreme now?
In the study, economist Steven D. Levitt
of the University of Chicago and Stanford

Law School Professor John J. Donohue III

conclude that legalized abortion might ex-

plain why American experienced an overall

.} reduction in crime from 1991 to 1997.

] This study is so dangerous it is hard to
know where to begin. But let me start with
some historical perspective. Earlier in this
century, Planned Parenthood founder Mar-
garet Sanger and her followers advocated a
brand of ethnic cleansing called eugenics.
Eugenics is defined as a movement dedi-
cated to improving the human species
through the control of hereditary factors in
mating. Sanger Ts agenda was to oencour-

age more children from the fit and less
from the unfit. ?

One of the ways Sanger sought to imple-
ment her eugenics policy was to partner
with Black religious leaders to encourage
Black women to. abort their babies. She
called this the oNegro Project. ? Sanger
said, oThe most successful educational ap-
proach to the Negro is through religious
appeal. We do not want word to go out that
we want to exterminate the Negro popula-
tion, and the minister is the man who can
straighten out that idea if ever occurs to
any of their more rebellious members. ?

While African-Americans survived the
Negro Project, oLegalized Abortion and
Crime ? resurrects Sanger Ts ideas. It sug-
gests that those who would have been the
greatest contributors to criminal activity

Abortion just another
term for ethnic cleansing

during the peak crime years of young
adulthood " the unwanted offspring of
teenagers, the poor and minorities " were
aborted at a disproportionately high rate
starting more than two decades ago. One
could interpret the results of this study to
mean that all it takes to predict criminal
activity is to look at the color of the skin of
the mother. If you can get a Black woman
to abort her child, the country will be a
better place to live.

Being poor and having brown skin seems
to be a desperate condition for pre-bern
children. The study implies children born
into poverty will suffer neglect and abuse.
This is an apparent reason to encourage
abortion. For the liberal elite in our nation T s
colleges and universities, however, opoor ?
could be defined as those not owning a mi-
crowave oven or a family without a second
car. Depending on their definition of poor,
many of us would not stand a chance.

African-American and Hispanics have
always been at the lower level of the eco-
nomic scale in America. If economics had
anything to do with the survival of the
races, we would have been extinct a long
time ago:

Anojher reason oLegalized Abortion and
Crime T. is dangerous related the recent
racial and ethnically motivated killings in
the country. The results will most certainly
gives groups prone to this behavior ammu-
nition to fuel their hatred.

It proves once again that racism is still
alive and well " dangerous. As long as
the liberal elite can get away with making
allegedly rational arguments for racial
genocide, our society is worse off than we
thought. But we are truly in trouble if we
don Tt call abortion exactly what it is: an-
other form of ethnic cleansing.

(Cissell serves on the National Advisory
Council of Project 21 and is director of the
Indiana Family Institute.)

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original content that targets Blacks. The
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went live in November, is the home of the
most extensive ethnic health and beauty
care store, Black-owned bookstores, an auto
mall of minority dealership owners, and a
host of other retail sites.

Atleast one BE 100s CEO is looking to the next
millennium by logging on to blackcyberspace.com.
James C. Smith, CEO of Systems Engineering
and Management Associates Inc. (SEMA)
(No. 80 on the BE Industrial/Service 100 list
with $27.2 million in sales), has partnered with
Black CyberSpace OnLine Inc. At a cost of
$750,000, Smith purchased a 20% equity stake in
the Internet service provider (ISP) and has been
appointed its new chairman. Along with the Web
company Ts co-founders, the African-American
ownership in the new ISP is 84%. McCollum
and Causley started 4-Sight Entertainment
Inc. in 1992, Their Internet directory spin-off
offers a portal to a broad variety of ethnic
interests, including shopping, bookstores,
banking, stock and mortgage services.

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Vanessa Williams will be hosting a
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Black Entertainment. The film will
be produced by Russell Simmons,
Stan Lathan, John Davies and
Stephen Lewis.

The special will detail the gains of
African Americans in entertainment
and bring attention to the struggles
that Black artists continue to face. The
documentary will feature interviews
with Quincy Jones, Gregory Hines,
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and many others.

STEVIE WONDER ,
New Wonder archives release

Are you still angry at your sister
for destroying your copy of Stevie
Wonders legendary album Journey
Through The Secret Life Of Plants
back in 80?

Well, we would be too. Good Ste-
vie is hard to find these days. But to-
day the search has just become a
whole lot easier with the release of a
gem from Motown. Stevie Wonder:
At The Close Of A Century is a very:
comprehensive box set of 70 of his
greatest hits from through out his ca-
reer. So, instead of going another
year searching and hating family, go
check this out and be happy. The set
contains 4 CDs and 70 selections
like, Part-Time Lover, My Cherie
Amour, Superstition and the whole
nine. There Ts also a very rare first-
time-on-CD selection. Wonder Ts
original 1967 version of Until You
Come Back To Me (That's What I Tm
Gonna Do), a Top 10 hit for Aretha
Franklin in 1974.

ROSA PARKS

Loses lawsuit against rapper

, Well, this could be considered good
ot bad news depending upon how
you stand on this one. A Detroit fed-
etal judge has ruled that civil rights
a¢tivist Rosa Parks did not have her
rights violated by rappers Outkast Ts
sotig Rosa Parks.

-The judge ruled that Outkast was
protected by the First Amendment

and they are not obligated to compen-

sate her.

CARL GRIFFIN

New top dog at N-Coded Records |

Carl Griffin has been fingered as
the new top dog at N-Coded Records.
It Ts parent company, Warlock Re-

cords, is the home of jazz giants like
Jonathan Butler, former Dizzy Gillespie
protege Arturo Sandoval, drummer TS
Monk and saxophonist Candy Dulfer.
Gniffin joined N2K Encoded Music in
1997 as vice president of A&R. Griffin
has worked with the great ones; Stevie
Wonder (deja vu), Marvin Gaye, and he
was responsible for placing Tell Me
Something Good with Rufus. Griffin is
the recipient of two Grammy Awards
for producing B.B.King at Live at The
Apollo, and co-producing Arturo Sand-
ovalls T Hot House.

WILLIE D.
Makes boxing debut Dec. 8

According to DaveyD.com, Willie
D of the Geto Boys is hanging up his
microphone for a hot second when he
makes his professional boxing debut
on December 18th against former
Light Heavyweight and Mid-
dleweight champion Reggie Johnson.

This decision isn Tt really as dumb
as it looks. Willie knocked out a
very diesel Melle Mel in a celebrity
boxing match a few years ago.

BRANDY NORWOOD

Feeling better

Brandy Norwood is reportedly do-
ing just fine after suffering from de-
hydration last week.

As a matter of fact, she Ts preparing
forthe premiere of her first live con-
cert footage special Brandy In Con-
cert: A Special For The Holiday. The
special will feature footage from her
very short Never Say Never tour. It
will premiere in national syndication
this weekend.

OL T DIRTY BASTARD
Guilty of wearing body armor

Ol T Dirty Bastard faced the music last
week in Los Angeles and pleaded no
contest to charges of wearing body ar-
mor (against California law for convict-
ed felons) and making terroristic threats,

A judge ordered him to serve
three years probation and enter drug
treatment. The judge also ordered
him to pay a $500 fine, to undergo
anger management counseling and
stay away from alcohol and drugs.

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